As Hurricane Larry lashed Newfoundland in 2021, universitystudents from Halifax headed to a rural area in its track to find out whether the ocean might whipmicroplasticsup into the atmosphere then transportthem by air to otherwise pristine communities.

In what may be a Canadian first, a Nova Scotia veteran says she feels validated after the Veterans Review and Appeal Board overturned a decision by Veterans Affairs Canada and recognized the trauma she experienced after an alleged sexual assault as a critical injury, granting her the lump sum payment of $84,203.

Equestrian events across Nova Scotia are being cancelled in an effort to prevent the spread of equine herpesvirus-1, after an outbreak a local veterinarian says has killed four horses.

More than 3,000 tiny beetles have been shipped across the country from their native British Columbia to try to control an invasive species killing Nova Scotias hemlock trees.

Health-care workers who gained experience in the refugee camp where they also lived are about to be continuing care assistants at a new nursing home in Nova Scotia. They've come to Canada through a federal program that seeks to bridge the gap between displaced people and a labour shortage in this country.

Wild blueberry growers expect wildfires to spark new growth in Nova Scotia. Blueberry plants are more resilient than most due to their large root systems beneath the ground.

An international health-care worker in Nova Scotia is calling on governments to make a federal recruitment program more efficient to help others who have been waiting to immigrate to Canada and fill the gaps in the health-care system.